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Medzini Arnon


 

 

Prof. Arnon Medzini

Ph. D - SOAS University, London 1998

arnon@oranim.ac.il

 

 

 

Areas of Interest and Specialization

Economics, Political and Settlement Geography in Israel and the Middle East

Water Issues: Water in the Middle East, International Rivers

Integrating Computers in Teaching of Geography

Nomads and Bedouin

Israel's Borders and International Borders

 

Academic Position  

Senior Lecturer 2000

Associate Professor 2017

Books

Medzini, A. (2001). The river Jordan: Frontiers and water. London: SOAS Water Group of the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Center of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of London.

Medzini, A. (2001). The Euphrates: A shared river. London: SOAS Water Group of the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Center of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, University of London.

Monographs

Medzini, A. (1984). Expansion of Bedouin settlement in Galilee resulting from spontaneous occupation and planned government policy. Mono-Geography, 1. Haifa: University of Haifa.

Articles in Refereed Journals (Hebrew) 

1. Medzini, A. 2020: "Zarzir: The Social and Political Geography of a Multi-tribe Bedouin Settlement in the Galilee". Ofakim B'Geographia, 98, 33-53.

2. Medzini,A. 2016: "Borders, Names and Consciousness: How the online Medium HasChanged References to Borders and local Names on Maps". Merhavim, vol.7 –Studies in Geography of Israel and the Middle East. Eds. Yaron Balslev, YossiKatz and Itzhak Schnell, Tel- Aviv University, pp. 265-286.

3. Medzini,A .2012: Using maps and atlases for shaping national consciousness: Israel vs.the Palestinian Authority. In Y. Shanel, E. Lavie, & Tami Steinmetz Center ForPeace Research (Eds.), Siach Mapot Basichsuch HaYisraeli- Palestini (MapDiscourse in the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict), (pp. 54-78). Tel- Aviv : Tel-Aviv University.

4. Totey.M & Medzini.A 2010 : Khandala: The symbol of identity and Palestinian resistance.Dvarim, 3, 82-96.

5. Medzini, Arnon. 2016: Policy forsettling the Bedouins in Israel: Success   or failure? Ofakim B'Geographia, 68-69,237-251.

Articles in Refereed Journals (English)

1. Medzini Arnon. 2020: Zarzir: The social, localand political geography of a multi-tribe Bedouin locality in the Galilee, Horizonsin Geography, Vol. 98, pp. 33 ? 53 (Hebrew).

2.       Medzini Arnon & Lev Ari Lilach. 2018:"Can Borders, Walls and Fences Deter Forced Migration? Comparison ofFuture Policy Trajectories and Implications in Europe and Israel". EuropeanJournal of Geography, Volume 9, Number 2: pp. 81 - 99, June.

3.       Medzini Arnon. 2017: "The Role ofGeographical Maps in Territorial Disputes between Japan and Korea". EuropeanJournal of Geography, Volume 7, Number 5: pp. 44 - 60, February.

4.       Medzini Arnon. 2016: "Tribalism versuscommunity organization: Geography of a multi-tribal Bedouin locality in theGalilee". Studies in Political and Historical Geography, Vol.5, pp. 237-255. 

5.       Medzini, Arnon. 2016: "Life on the Border:The Impact of the Separation Barrier on the Residents of the Barta'a EnclaveDemilitarized Zone". Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 31,No 4, pp. 401-425, Taylor and Francis Ltd, Published online: 16 Jun 2016:

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08865655.2016.1188667.

6.Medzini, Arnon. 2016: “Borders, Names and Consciousness:How the Online Medium Has Changed References to Borders and Local Names onMaps”. Merhavim, vol. 7 —Studies in Geography of Israel and the Middle East. Eds. Yaron Balslev, Yossi Katz and Itzhak Schnell,Tel-Aviv University, pp. 265-286. (Hebrew).

7.Medzini, Arnon; Hagit Meishar-Tal; Yael Sneh. 2015: "Use of mobile technologiesas support tools for geography field trips", International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, Vol. 24, No 1,February, pp. 13-23, Taylor & Francis, Routledge.  (Published online: 6 November 2014; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2014.967514.

8.Meishar Tal, Hagit; Yael Sneh; Arnon Medzini. 2015:"Training teachers to use mobile technologies in learning outside theclassroom". Horizons in Geography, Vol. 87, pp. 112 ? 126(Hebrew).

9.Totry, Mary; Medzini, Arnon. 2013: "The Use ofCartoons in Popular Protests That Focus on Geographic, Social, Economic andPolitical Issues", European Journal of Geography (EJG),Volume 4, Issue1, pp. 20-33.

10. Medzini, Arnon.2012:  "Bedouin Settlement Policy inIsrael: Success or Failure?" Themes in Israeli Geography, SpecialIssue of Horizons in Geography. Editors:  Maos, J. O., & Charney, I., Vol. 79-80,pp. 37-48. (B). (Cited by 14).

11. Medzini,Arnon. 2012:  "The War of the Maps: The PoliticalUse of Maps and Atlases to Shape National Consciousness – Israelversus the Palestinian Authority", European Journal of Geography(EJG), Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 23-40.

12. Totry, Mary; ArnonMedzini. 2010: "Khandala—The symbol of identity and Palestinianresistance", Dvarim, No. 3, pp. 82-96 (Hebrew).

13. Medzini, Arnon. 2009: "PoliticalUse of Geographical Maps by Educational Systems for the Purpose of Constructingthe Students' National Identity: A Case Study of Israel and the PalestinianAuthority", The New Geography, Vol. 57, Special Issue, pp.51-55.

14. Medzini, Arnon. 2007:"Policy for settling the Bedouins in Israel: Success or failure?" OfakimB'Geographia, Pamphlet 68-69, pp. 237-251 (Hebrew).

15. Medzini, Arnon; Wolf,Aaron. 2004: "Towards a Middle East at Peace:Hidden Issues in Arab-Israeli Hydropolitics", Water ResourcesDevelopment, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 193-204.

16.      Kliot, Nurit; Medzini,Arnon. 1985: "Bedouin settlement policy in Israel, 1964-1984: Anotherperspective", Geoforum, Vol. 16, pp. 428-439. 

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books

1.       Lev Ari Lilach; Medzini Arnon. 2023. “Forcedmigration and the city of Tel Aviv” In Immigrationand Integration in Israel and Beyond, Hochman, O (ed.), transcript Verlag, pp. 173-192.

2.       Medzini Arnon. 2022. “Bedouin Tribes in theGalilee”, In Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel, by Yoel ShalomPerez (Author), Judith Rosenhouse (Author), Indiana University Press, pp. 487-526.

3.Medzini, Arnon; Lev Ari Lilach.2019. "Can Israel and Europe cope with forced migrants? Future policytrajectories and Implications." In Maria Josi Cano-Perez, Antonio BernardoEspinosa Ramirez, Miguel Angel Esponosa Villegas and Tania Maria Garcia Arevalo(eds.), Intercultural Encounters in Multicultural Societies: Immigration,Multilingualism and Multiculturalism. Granada: Granada UniversityPress, Collection Eirene, pp. 163-192.

4.Medzini Arnon. 2017. Bedouin tribes in theGalilee—Historical and settlement background. In: Yoel Shalom Perez, Betweenthe Sun and the Moon: Bedouin Folktales from North of Israel, MinervaPublishers, Jerusalem. pp. 759-793. (Hebrew).

5.       Medzini, Arnon. 2012: "Using maps andatlases for shaping national consciousness: Israel vs. the .PalestinianAuthority".  Siach mapot basichsuch hayisraeli-palestini (Map discourse in theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict). Eds. Yitzhak Shanel & Efraim Lavie, Tami Steinmetz Center ForPeace Research, Tel-Aviv University, pp. 57-78 (Hebrew).

6.Medzini, Arnon; Wolf, Aaron. 2006: "The Euphratesriver watershed: Integration, coordination, or separation?" The Multi-Governanceof Water: Four Case-Studies.  Editors: Finger M.,Tamiotti L. &Allouche J., Albany, NY: SUNY Press, pp. 103-146. (Cited by 8)).

7.Medzini, Arnon; Wolf,Aaron. 2001: "The Euphrates river watershed: Integration, coordination, orseparation?", The Multi-Governance of Water Through FourCase-Studies, Report for the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Commission onEconomic, Environmental and Social Policy (CEESP) Working Groupon Governance and Institutions. Editors: Finger M. & Tamiotti L.,Geneva, pp. 85-120. (Cited by 45))

8.Medzini, Arnon. 1998:  "Bedouin settlement policy in Israel -1964-1996". Changing nomads in a changing world. Editors: Ginat. J. &Khazanov A.M., Brighton:  Sussex AcademicPress, Great Britain, pp. 58-67.

9.Medzini, Arnon. 1996:"Water conflicts in the Middle East". Water policy: Allocationand management in practice. Editors: Howsam. P. & Carter R.C. London: E & FN Epson, pp. 267-274.

10.Medzini, Arnon. 1983: "Development of Bedouinsettlement in the Galilee". The Lands of Galilee. Eds.Avshalom Shmueli, Arnon Soffer, Nurit Kliot. Published by the Ministry ofDefense and the Society for Applied Scientific Research at the University ofHaifa, pp. 549-564 (Hebrew).

Other articles

1. Medzini Arnon. (2017). Bedouin tribes in the Galilee—Historical and settlement background. In: Yoel Shalom Perez, Between the Sun and the Moon: Bedouin Folktales from North of Israel, Minerva Publishers, Jerusalem. pp. 759-793. (Hebrew).

2. Medzini, Arnon. 2015: "Traditional Middle East vs. New Middle East": "Near East- The Middle East Magazine of Israel"; http://www.near-east.co.il/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97-%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%94%D7%9D-%D7%92%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%90/

  Also published at: News First Class ,NFC ,News1 (22/09/2015): http://www.news1.co.il/Archive/0024-D-106106-00.html

3. Brom, S., Fenig, D., Hemmer, M., Medzini, A., Schr?fer, G. und U. Wardenga (2015): Die Darstellung Israels in deutschen Geographieschulb?chern und At-lanten. In: Deutsch-Israelische Schulbuchkommission (Hg.) (2015): Deutsch-israelische Schulbuchempfehlungen (deutsch/hebr?isch). G?ttingen, S. 42-55.

4. Medzini, Arnon. 2009: Book review of "Spatial Planning in Israel—Politics Anchored in the Ground", Devarim, Vol. 2, pp. 86-87 (Hebrew).

5. Medzini, Arnon. 1998: "The Bedouins in the Galilee", Ishim ve'maasim bayisrael: Sefer hayuval (People and Actions in Israel: Jubilee Edition). Eds. Sarah and Meir Aharoni, Maxim Publishers Ltd., Tel-Aviv. Part A, p. 135 (Hebrew).

6. Medzini, Arnon. 1997: "Settlement of the Bedouins in the Galilee", Ishim ve'maasim bayisrael (People and Actions in Israel). Eds. Sarah and Meir Aharoni, Maxim Publishers Ltd., Tel-Aviv, pp. 52-55 (Hebrew).

7. Medzini, Arnon. 1990: "The Jordan River—A River of Six Countries". Masa Acher, No. 17, pp. 18-21 (Hebrew).


ActiveParticipation in Professional Conferences

Date

Conference

Location

Lecture/Discussion Topic

8/2023

The Migration Conference 2023

Hamburg, Germany

Is it just because of anti-migration border fences? Why do Israel’s border barriers work?

Lilach Lev Ari and Arnon Medzini

7/2022

UGI-IGU

Rennes, France

The rising importance of cities in the integration of forced and undocumented immigrants:
Urban Geography Teaching – The case of Tel Aviv

7/2022

UGI-IGU

Sorbonne, Paris

From punitive border policies to positive global mobility: Europe and Israel compared

12/2020

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Haifa University

Forced migration policy towards Europe and Israel: Is border fences and walls are the only option?

10.2019

The 3rd International Conference on Geographic Naming and Geographical Education:

 

Northeast Asian History Foundation.

Seoul - South Korea

Invited Speaker:

The Role of Geographical Maps in Territorial Disputes between Japan and Korea: The Geographic Education Perspective

 

6.2019

The Migration Conference 2019

Department of Political Science, Bari, Italy

From border walls to positive policy towards forced migrants: Europe and Israel compared

Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini

12/2019

The 4th Asian Conference on Geography

Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Geographic maps as perceptual and propagandist weapons in geopolitical struggles for the formation of national identity and the justification of territorial claims

07.2018

Association for Borderlands Studies 2nd World Conference 2018 (ABS2018)

Vienna & Budapest

How effective is Israel's anti-migration border fence?

Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini

01.2018

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

 

Oranim Academic College of Education

The new European walls and border fences deterring the entry of forced migrants: From multiculturalism to extreme nationalism

12.2017

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Ben Gurion University

Influence of Tribal Structure on Local Council Operations

7.2017

British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Conference 2017: Movement and Migration in the Middle East.

University of Edinburgh, UK

Can the New Border Fences Deter Middle East Refugees from Immigrating to Europe?

Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini

5.2017

Encuentros Interculturales en Sociedades Multiculturales:

Inmigiration, Multilinguismo  y  Multiculturalidad

University of Granada, Spain

 

Invited Speaker:

New borders – New Policy: Can they prevent the entry of "them" – the illegal migrants?

 

2.2017

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

 

Oranim Academic College of Education

Tribalism versus community organization: Political geography of a multi-tribal Bedouin locality in the Galilee.

12.2016

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Tel-Aviv University

Globalization vs. Preserving National States: Can building barriers, fences and walls constitute a real solution for the problems of global migration?

Arnon Medzini & Lilach Lev Ari

9.2016

EUROGEO 2016: Geographic Information: for a better world.

Malaga, Spain

The Role of Geographical Maps in Territorial Disputes between Japan and Korea: The Geographic Education Perspective.

6.2016

The third Annual International Conference on Demography and Population Studies, Panel on the Current Refugee and Migration Crisis in the Mediterranean Basin

Athens, Greece

New borders – New Policy:  Can they prevent the entry of forced migration?

Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini

 

5.2016

The 4th Ruppin International Conference
On Immigration and Social Integration: 
"The Changing Face of Migration: Future Challenges for Societies"

Ruppin Academic Center

Will Barriers, Fences and Walls Actually thwart Desperate Illegal Migrants in the Future?

 

Lilach Lev Ari & Arnon Medzini

5.2016

15th Border Regions in Transition (BRIT) "Conference Cities, States and Borders: From the Local to the Global"

HafenCity University Hamburg and S?nderborg University in Denmark

Can Israel actually cope with illegal migration from Africa and with its implications for the city of Tel-Aviv?

 

Arnon Medzini & Lilach Lev Ari

2.2016

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

Oranim Academic College of Education

How maps work politically and influence our

Understanding of the world

1.2016

EUBORDERSCAPES Conference III, "Borders capes and Beyond: Change and Continuities in Thinking, Writing, Making Borders"

Barcelona, Spain

The new borders: Walls, barriers and fences - Can they prevent the entry of desperate illegal migrants?

Lev Ari Lilach & Medzini Arnon

12.2015

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Hebrew University - Jerusalem

The use of maps as a tool for strengthening national identity in territorial struggles

8.2015

International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference

Moscow State University

Geographic maps as perceptual and propagandist weapons in geopolitical struggles for the formation of national identity and the justification of territorial claims

8.2015

International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference

Lev Ari Lilach & Medzini Arnon

 

Moscow State University

Can massive barriers prevent the Immigration of hungry immigrants from Africa (and the Middle East) into Europe?

4.2015

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

Oranim Academic College of Education

How border conflicts are made apparent in digital maps as compared to traditional maps

12.2014

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

University of Haifa

Traditional Middle East vs. New Middle East: Why must we change the definition of the Middle East region in teaching geography

7.2014

MEITAL National Conference

Levinsky College of Education

(+Meishar Tal, Hagit & Yael Sneh)

Educational fieldtrip integrating mobile technologies

6.2014

ABS (Association for Borderlands Studies) 2014 World Conference

 

Joensuu, Finland & St. Petersburg, Russia

Can massive border fences help make good neighbors?
The impact of the separation barrier
on residents of the Barta'a enclave demilitarized zone.

4.2014

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim




Oranim Academic College of Education

The Teaching of Geography vs. the "New Middle East"

 

4.2014

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

Arnon Medzini, Yael Sneh, Hagit Meishar Tal

Oranim Academic College of Education

Developing mobile supported learning activities for educational trips

12.2013

Israeli Geographical Association  Annual meeting

Bar-Ilan University

Can massive border fences help make good neighbors?
The impact of the separation barrier
on residents of the Barta'a enclave demilitarized zone.

8.2013

International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education (IGU – CGE)

Kyoto, Japan

Use of Location-Based Technologies as Support Tools for Geography Field Trips.

3.2013

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

 

Oranim Academic College of Education

The Smartphone as a tool for creating and utilizing geographic information in learning outside the classroom - Geolocation

12.2012

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Ben Gurion University

The Smartphone as an Aid in Teaching Geography

8.2012

International Geographical Union Commission on Geographical Education (IGU – CGE)

Freiburg, Germany

The Smartphone as an Aid in Teaching Geography.

10.2011

Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

 

Oranim Academic College of Education

Khandala vs. Srulik as symbols of national identity.

6.2011

European Association of Geographers – EUROGEO

Athens, Greece

The War of the Maps: "Political Use of Maps and Atlases to Shape National Consciousness – Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority".

12.2010

Cartography and Map Discourse in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tel-Aviv University

Maps and atlases as ideological tools: Israel vs. the Palestinian Authority

12.2009

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

University of Haifa

Upgrading the attractiveness of geography studies using educational G.I.S. applications

9.2008

MEISAI: The Middle East & Islamic Studies Association of Israel

Ben Gurion University

Identity symbol: Khandala and Palestinian resistance

5.2007

Faculty of Advanced Studies, annual conference on Myth, Language and Memory in Shaping Consciousness in Israel

Oranim Academic College of Education

Cartographic use of maps and names in creating affinity for a place

4.2007

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

San Francisco, CA, USA

Can a massive separation wall create better neighboring relations? The case study of Israel's Separation Wall in the West Bank.

12.2007

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Tel-Aviv University

Towards tagging geography studies as a leading discipline in the field of computerized education in Israel

6.2005

Annual Conference on International Relations

Ankara, Turkey

A Wall, a Fence, an Obstacle or a Seam Zone Area: A Political-Geographical Review of the Construction of the Dividing Fence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

4.2005

Seventh Annual Conference on Research, Study and Creativity at Oranim

 

Oranim Academic College of Education

Learning in a computerized environment: Research on the computerized classroom

5.2004

Israel Political Science Association (ISPSA)

Topic: From Basel to Geneva: Nationalism, Identity and Sovereignty

Ben Gurion University

That's not how you build a wall: Historical, geographic, security and political survey of building the separation barrier

12.2003

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Bar Ilan University

Wall, fence, barrier or seam line space: Geographic/political review of dividing Israel

7.2003

Annual Conference on International Relations

Ankara, Turkey

The Possibility of Shortage of Water among the Members of the Euphrates Drainage Basin

4.2003

MEITAL-Inter-University Center for e-Learning (IUCEL)

Topic: Computerization in academic teaching

Bar Ilan University

Digital classroom project

9.2002

Middle Eastern Studies

Mainz, Germany

Evaluating water balances in Israel – rethinking”

12.2001

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Tel-Aviv University

Electronic databases as tools in teaching geography. Jerusalem: a computerized geographical view

12.2000

AGWSE Annual Meeting

Las Vegas, USA

(Medzini+ wolf)

A connection between the Litani and the Jordan? Research and implications across hostile borders

5.2000

American Water Resources Association

Anchorage, Alaska

The influence of extreme environment on Israel's water economy

12.1999

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Hebrew University

Computerized course in climate theory

12.1999

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Hebrew University

Means for improving geography teaching methods by building internet sites on topics of study

5.1999

Conference on: Water in Israel—Where is it headed?

Oranim Academic College of Education

The balance of water in Israel

12.1998

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Bar Ilan University

Changes in the geography of the Middle East: The third river in Iraq—economic development program or strategic plot

9.1998

Rainwater Utilization

Xuzhou University, China

The Euphrates river: Managing water flow of a trans-boundary river

9.1998

Rainwater Utilization

Xuzhou University, China

Towards the 21st Century: Uncertainty, and water policy in Israel as an industrialized, semi-arid country

12.1997

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Ben Gurion University

Use of databases for geography on the internet

12.1996

Israeli Geographical Association Annual meeting

Tel-Aviv University

Teaching geography using the internet

9.1995

Water Policy: Allocation and Management in Practice

Cranfield University, England

Water conflicts in the Middle East

6.1995

Changing Patterns of Nomads in Changing Societies

University of Haifa, Israel

Bedouin settlement policy in Israel: 1964-1994

7.1993

EUROMES Conference

Warwick University, England

Hydropolitics along the Euphrates River